Hedge Fund - Ratan Capital Group

Nehal Chopra Bio, Returns, AUM, Net Worth

Ratan Capital Group is a New York-based hedge fund, founded in 2009 by Nehal Chopra. Prior to starting her own firm, Nehal Chopra cut her teeth at Balyasny Asset Management and Ramius Capital Group, to name a few former employers. Nehal Chopra holds an M.B.A. in Finance and  Entrepreneurial Management, and a B.Sc. in Economics, Finance, and Management from the University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School.

At the time of its founding, Ratan Capital Group was actually named Tiger Ratan Capital Management, as it was seeded by a $25 million investment by hedge fund legend Julian Robertson of Tiger Management, through its Tiger Accelerator fund. Chopra's fund was renamed Ratan Capital Group after Robertson drew back his investment in 2016. Ratan Capital Group has had many good years in terms of returns, which lead to Nehal Chopra being named an Institutional Investor Hedge Fund Rising Star.

Unfortunately, her reputation took a bit of a hit at the end of 2017, when Chopra and Ratan Capital Group agreed to pay $400,000 total ($200,000 each) to settle the SEC’s accusations that Chopra's husband, Paritosh Gupta, who was part of Brahman Capital’s team at the time, had shared confidential investment ideas with her. Paritosh Gupta was charged $250,000, while Brahman Capital agreed to pay a $250,000 penalty for not properly overseeing Mr. Gupta. The SEC claimed that Gupta shared “investment theses, models, notes, recommendations, and analyses” with Nehal Chopra that were created for Brahman Capital’s clients. Even though the couple neither confirmed or denied the allegations, the couple agreed to pay the fines in order to settle.

Whether the allegations were true or not, Ratan Capital Group delivered some amazing returns during those controversial years. It generated fantastic returns of 26.3% in 2012, 46.8% in 2013, and 22.3% in 2014. The following year was a down one for the fund, as it lost 19%. A disastrous 51.9% loss hit the fund and its clients hard between May 2015 to June 2016, mainly because of big bets on Valeant, which lost more than 61% from August 2015 until the end of that year. According to the fund’s plain brochure, it had around $375.46 million in assets under management on December 31, 2016. Its 13F portfolio was valued at $222 million at the end of June 2018.

Nehal Chopra
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Fund Name: Ratan Capital Group
Manager Nehal Chopra
Portfolio Value $153,191,501
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